Sphagnum palustre
speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Sphagnum palustre's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility67 532 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI55 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics40 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sphagnum palustre (Syn. Sphagnum cymbifolium), the prairie sphagnum or blunt-leaved bogmoss, is a species of peat moss from the genus Sphagnum, in the family Sphagnaceae. Like other mosses of this type it can soak up water up to the 30-fold amount of its own dry weight thanks to its elastic spiral fibers. S. palustre is rather frequent and is spread almost all over the world. It mainly grows in wet forests and—compared to other specimens of this genus—rarely grows in moors.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Life cycle & reproduction1
Habitat & environment2
Physiology & chemistry1
Compounds documented for Sphagnum palustre across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile4 classes
Documented compounds13 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)-eicosapentaenoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (S)-(+)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionate | present | LOTUS | |
| alpha-Linolenic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Arachidonic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Dihomo-Gamma-Linolenic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Eicosapentenoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| gamma-Glutamylarginine | present | LOTUS | |
| Gamma-Linolenic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Hexadecenoic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Linonelic acid | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sphagnum palustre has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Sphagnum palustre carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type67 532 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions89 of 180 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 6 280 |
| Durham, US | 970 |
| Trondheim, NO | 448 |
| Bronx, US | 441 |
| Uppsala, SE | 394 |
| Vancouver, CA | 332 |
| Brussel, BE | 317 |
| Knoxville, US | 303 |
| Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record | 301 |
| LDlocation not on record | 289 |
| Saint Louis, US | 270 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 167 |
| Olocation not on record | 165 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 163 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 150 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 107 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 106 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 104 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 97 |
| Madison, US | 95 |
| Tilburg, NL | 93 |
| New Haven, US | 85 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 84 |
| PHlocation not on record | 83 |
| Philadelphia, US | 81 |
| Tartu, EE | 74 |
| Chicago, US | 68 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 67 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 62 |
| UAclocation not on record | 60 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 60 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 55 |
| CASlocation not on record | 54 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 52 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 51 |
| Helsinki, FI | 50 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 46 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 46 |
| Barcelona, ES | 43 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 43 |
| MAlocation not on record | 39 |
| South Kensington, GB | 34 |
| Cincinnati, US | 33 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 33 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 30 |
| Fort Hayslocation not on record | 29 |
| Oulu, FI | 28 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 28 |
| Paris, FR | 27 |
| Zürich, CH | 25 |
| Tallinn, EE | 24 |
| Minia, EG | 24 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 24 |
| Portland, US | 23 |
| Badajoz, ES | 22 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 22 |
| Garðabær, IS | 22 |
| Montréal, CA | 21 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 21 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 18 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 18 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 17 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 16 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 16 |
| Bourges, FR | 16 |
| New Brunswick, US | 16 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 16 |
| US | 14 |
| Canberra, AU | 13 |
| Madrid, ES | 13 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 13 |
| Turku, FI | 13 |
| Elikins, US | 12 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 12 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 11 |
| Hudson, US | 11 |
| Durham, US | 11 |
| Beijing, CN | 11 |
| Kuopio, FI | 11 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 10 |
| Slovak National Museumlocation not on record | 10 |
| Cambridge, US | 10 |
| Blacksburg, US | 10 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 9 |
| Columbia, US | 9 |
| Kunming, CN | 9 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 9 |
| Salzburg, AT | 8 |
| Stockholm, SE | 8 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 8 |
| Monastir, TN | 8 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 8 |
| UFABClocation not on record | 8 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Bando, JP | 8 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 7 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 7 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 7 |
| College Park, US | 7 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Naturama Aargaulocation not on record | 6 |
| St. Paul, US | 6 |
| Morgantown, US | 6 |
| Edmonton, CA | 6 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 6 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 5 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 5 |
| Guizhou Agricultural Collegelocation not on record | 5 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 5 |
| Portland, US | 5 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| Odawara, JP | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Lincoln, US | 4 |
| Göteborg, SE | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| VGBIlocation not on record | 4 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 4 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 4 |
| Hobart, AU | 4 |
| Blumenau, BR | 4 |
| AADClocation not on record | 3 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 3 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 3 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientaislocation not on record | 3 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 3 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 2 |
| nbflocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fribourg, CH | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 2 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 1 |
| Asheville, US | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| MHN-UPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durango, MX | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| Fort Bragg, US | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fayetteville, US | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Málagalocation not on record | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mus�e des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Sphagnum palustre was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.